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1. (v.t.) underline
to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
2. underline
to indicate the importance of; emphasize.
3. (n.) underline
a line drawn beneath; underscore.
Etymology: (1715–25)
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| Definition of 'underline' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) underscore, underline
a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
2. (verb) underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise
give extra weight to (a communication)
"Her gesture emphasized her words"
3. (verb) underline, underscore
draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to
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1. (verb) underline
to make a line under a line of writing
Underline the date and title.
2. underline
to make sth more obvious; = emphasize
a crisis that underlines the need for change
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) underline
to mark a line below, as words; to underscore
2. (verb) underline
to influence secretly
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Sense: to draw a line under
He wrote down the title of his essay and underlined it.
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 Afrikaans: onderstreep |
 Arabic: يضَعُ خَطّا تَحْت |
 Bulgarian: подчертавам |
 Brazilian: sublinhar |
 Czech: podtrhnout |
 German: unterstreichen |
 Danish: understrege |
 Greek: υπογραμμίζω |
 Spanish: subrayar |
 Estonian: alla kriipsutama |
 Farsi: زیر چیزی خط کشیدن |
 Finnish: alleviivata |
 French: souligner |
 Hebrew: לִמתוֹחַ קַו תַחַת- |
 Hindi: नीचे रेखा खींचना |
 Croatian: podvući |
 Hungarian: aláhúz |
 Indonesian: menggarisbawahi |
 Icelandic: strika undir |
 Italian: sottolineare |
 Japanese: 下線を引く |
 Korean: 밑줄을 긋다 |
 Lithuanian: pabraukti |
 Latvian: pasvītrot |
 Malay: menggaris di bawah |
 Dutch: onderstrepen |
 Norwegian: understreke |
 Polish: podkreślić |
 Persian: زیر چیزی خط کشیدن |
 Pashto: ځنګلي بوټى چې دونو لاندې |
 Portuguese: sublinhar |
 Romanian: a sublinia |
 Russian: подчёркивать |
 Slovak: podčiarknuť |
 Slovenian: podčrtati |
 Serbian: podvući |
 Swedish: stryka under |
 Thai: ขีดเส้นใต้ |
 Turkish: altını çizmek |
 Taiwanese: 在...下面畫線 |
 Ukrainian: підкреслювати |
 Urdu: نيچے لکير کھينچنا |
 Vietnamese: gạch dưới |
 Chinese: 在…下面画线，画底线标出 |
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